Rasmussen was actually working for Elias who needed the money to finance a personal war. He was "arrested" by Scarface, taken to his apartment in Queens and murdered in such a way that it looked like a suicide to cover up Elias' involvement in the plot.
Rasmussen was actually working for Elias who needed the money to finance a personal war. He was "arrested" by Scarface, taken to his apartment in Queens and murdered in such a way that it looked like a suicide to cover up Elias' involvement in the plot.